Red Needle's Tropical Passions

Welcome to my blog of passions!
In this blog I will talk about my other interests; our garden, cooking and baking, hiking, the island, photographing, reading, interior/architecture, etc. I hope you will enjoy my blog as much as I enjoy my passions.

October 24, 2014

For me, the best way to celebrate my birthday is a hike together with friends. We decided on the Petrin to Mare Longue hike, but approximately halfway we saw the sign 'Macchabee Forest Trail'. We let our friends decide since Mr.X was carrying an 8 kilos baby on the back! Mr. X likes challenges and off we went on the new trail - at least new to us.

What we didn't know is how steep it actually is! Fortunate it was dry, it had been more difficult to do the trail if it had been wet and slippery.

Not very steep here, but this is just the beginning.

Yep! We came from up there!

Mare aux Joncs waterfall - from the top.

We had lunch here at the river / waterfall. It was perfect; dear friends, the food tastes better out in the nature, the sound from the forest, the river and waterfall, birds, smell of nature, pristine, solitude, balsam for the soul....

It doesn't look very steep here, but it is... Well, this is not the worst part though..

For safety reason I put my camera in my rucksack.... Fortunate the track was dry and fairly 'easy' to walk. Lots of small (not safe) branches have been removed and it was easier to hold on to thicker branches. At one place I almost panicked because there was just a loose tree trunk to hold, but I did manage! A bit shaky afterwards, but well worth it - haha! I felt like a monkey! :)

If you want to see how this track was a few years ago, don't miss this blog post, especially part 2!

Finally out of the 'danger zone', a bit further down. Wonder how many meters down the tree tops are?

Gorgeous view!

Closer to the Black River....

Finally reached the flat part; crossing Black River. Wonderful to dip the toes in the cool river water!